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Religiously motivated hatred, animosity and intolerance

Religiously motivated  conflict, oppression, discrimination, etc.

Quotation (repeated elsewhere on this website because we are so fond of it):

bulletA man told his grandson: "A terrible fight is going on inside me -- a fight between two wolves. One is evil, and represents hate, anger, arrogance, intolerance, and superiority . The other is good, and represents joy, peace, love, tolerance, understanding, humility, kindness, empathy, generosity, and compassion. This same fight is going on inside you, inside every other person too."

The grandson then asked: "Which wolf will win?" The old man replied simply:  "The one you feed." - Anon.

Topics covered in this section:

bulletRoot causes& examples of religiously-motivated violence, conflict, oppression, etc.
 
bulletA historical overview of religiously-motivated mass murder, genocide, etc
 

bulletViolence directed at specific groups:
bulletAnti-Judaic and Anti-semitic persecution
bulletThe real story of the Witch burning times
bulletAgainst Native Americans
 
bulletReligiously motivated violence in the Bible:
bulletFour major genocides in the Bible ordered or managed by God
bulletPassages advocating violence and genocide in the Bible and other holy texts
bulletSlavery: in the Bible, in the  past & now
 
bulletRecent religiously motivated violence:
bulletRecent examples of religiously motivated violence in Abrahamic religions
bulletRecent media accounts of individual incidences of intolerance, discrimination, conflict, violence etc.
bulletGenocide & mass crimes against humanity (often motivated by religion)
bulletReligiously based civil unrest and warfare
bulletConflicts in the Middle and Far East
bulletConflicts in:
bulletNazareth in Israel,
bulletKashmir,
bulletNigeria,
bulletPhilippines,
bulletYugoslavia-Kosovo,
bulletYugoslavia-Vojvodia

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bulletReligiously motivated corporal punishment:
bulletChristianity: Spanking/whipping children
bulletIslam: Corporal punishment of women

bulletReligiously-motivated terrorism:
bulletThe 9-11 New York City - Washington terrorist attack
bulletReligiously-motivated terrorism by extremist Muslims, Christians & Jews
bulletThe 'secret' FBI Megiddo report on religious terrorism
bulletThe Canadian CSIS report on religious terrorism
bulletThe potential for religious violence in Jerusalem
bulletStatements by Muslim leaders condemning terrorism
bulletPersonal opinions on religiously-motivated terrorism:
bulletOn Islam and violence by Harun Yahya
bullet10th anniversary of Oklahoma City bombing by Ibrahim Hooper
 
bulletSexual and ritual abuse topics:
bulletSexual abuse by clergy
bulletRitual Abuse of children (RA): All aspects; all points of view
bulletStudies of over 35 MVMO (multi-victim multi offender) cases
bulletSatanic/Sadistic Ritual Abuse (SRA): All aspects; all points of view
bulletSee additional essays on child sexual abuse

bulletVictims of memories and false allegations of sexual & ritual abuse:
bulletRepressed and Recovered Memory Therapy (RMT)
bulletMultiple Personality Disorder (MPD); Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
bulletHow Children Disclose Sexual Abuse
bulletHow Children Disclose Ritual Abuse in Day-Cares, etc.
bulletFalse Confessions by Adults
bulletParents Victimized by Children's Protective Services
 
bulletOther topics relating to violence:
bulletCan religious proselytizing trigger hate crimes?
bulletReligious intolerance, violence etc mentioned in comic strips
 
bulletExamples of institutional violence: We don't want to give the impression that Canadians extremely violent. We just haven't gotten around to studying institutional violence in the U.S. and elsewhere
bulletResidential schools for Native students in Canada
bulletThe extermination of Canada's Innu people
 
bulletViolence and murder:
bulletIn schools -- generally related to harassment or mental illness, not religious influences
bulletTargeting Christians

bulletAttempted solutions to religious persecution:
bulletBy removing passages from holy books that promote hatred, violence, etc.
bulletA listing of some of the above passages in the Bible
bulletFreedom from Religious Persecution Law
bullet"International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church" Held annually in mid-NOV
bulletThe menorah incident at Billings, MT

bulletOther related menus on this web site: 
bulletReligiously "hot topics" from abortion access to equal rights for homosexuals
bulletLaws restricting and protecting religion from school prayer to the wearing of religious jewelry

Special note for survivors of ritual abuse:

Many tens of thousands of North Americans have recovered memories of Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) during therapy sessions or through self-hypnosis --mainly during the 1980s and early 1990s.. But, we are trying to locate a person with SRA memories that have always been present since the abuse occurred. If you are one, please send us an Email. We will keep your information in strictest confidence. (We have had this message in place since 1995-AUG with only one response to date.)

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